The 29th Blues festival around the Beauvais zinc begins this Friday evening with Benjamin Biolay's concert at the Elispace. The arrival of the FFF group (French Federation of Fonck) is another highlight of the festival.

Other events await festival-goers with lesser-known artists but whom the organizers want to highlight. The opportunity to also discover James Oliver Band who plays American rock from the 1950s like no other. It's an Irish group, Crow Black Chicken, opening act on the latest ZZ Top tour, which will promote the blues in eight colleges.